Members and Friends of Austin Mennonite Church I trust you are content in your spirit and your heart. Laura and I have returned from experiencing the MCUSA conference meetings in San Jose. We connected with Marilyn and Ron while there, and enjoyed the company of a host of other old and new acquaintances, including Linda and Jack Knox. We are grateful for the opportunity to be present at this gathering and thank you for your generous support of our community as each of us responds to the occasion of God's spirit in our lives, serving each other as God has fashioned and prepared us. Over the course of the next two Sundays all of us will be sharing reflections of our experiences at this conference during our worship times. We will also display materials we received and perhaps introduce some of the new music we discovered. We pray you will also be able to sense a part of the encouragement and adventure associated with the engagement of the Mennonite Church USA in these days of challenge and opportunity. May it go well with you. Sincerely, Garland Robertson ...always hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do something to bring some portion of misery to an end